nightlightnurseaide

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  1. Kicked out before even starting

    well.....maybe shes not near one of those
  2. Is this common

    OK so I haven't posted on here in a while, because I was on the cna reddit. I came back to have more opinions told to me about this particular situation. OK so we have a new cna with is. She's nice...
  3. Is this common

    i was never like this though. i only said that, because i do know these particular resident better then
  4. LTC nurses having to do CNA work all day

    your cnas sound awful and you sound like a wonderful nurse. the nurses at my ltcf wont do this they just make the previous shift stay for those slow butts to decide come to work. You should work at my...
  5. Is this common

    she confronted me with the whole "dont help me resident or i will report you" and while id love to see whats going on i think it will cause more trouble then its worth its best just to stay out of her...
  6. Questionable Behavior: Reports and Write Ups

    Talk to her manager without mentioning names to see what she thinks personally and
  7. Very concerned

    OK I'm a cna so the nurse lingo is kind of lost on me Reading the fir comment and judging by what I know you gave insulin to someone with low blood sugar. Huge no no as far as I know ( again just a...
  8. Ew...3 people

    I don't want three people on the floor i want two let me explain. Months ago a coworker of mine quit leaving a max of one person per hall. Recently a new hire working 12 hours ( I think) was added on...
  9. i have a question

    there is a resident at my nursing home that just got back from the mental hospital. He constantly gets out of bed, and its gotten to the point where everyone just leaves him on the floor. I can hardly...
  10. falling asleep during nightshift

    of course you shouldn't do it but come on. we are not perfect. If you have had a hard time sleeping, I can not blame you for dozing off. all i can say is don't make a habit out of it. I can remember...
  11. falling asleep during nightshift

    it is ok if you co-workers are ok with waking you if you fall asleep by acident. its how we work here if someone falls asleep there is always someone to wake them up. we are not irresponsible stop...
  12. Ew...3 people

    and dont worry i have c: i feel like ive become a better cna for
  13. Tech falsified vitals

    agreed all those vitals my god what if someone
  14. Ew...3 people

    Isn't this a place where I can safely vent my frustrations. I know I whine a lot here, but that's kinda the point of
  15. falling asleep during nightshift

    Besides even though I hate it my residents do care about me and are neglected by many of the cnas. I'd also hate to leave my coworker, because I know they will give her this building by herself. It's...
  16. falling asleep during nightshift

    You know what they say about assuming I worked for kfc for a while but left because I never got hours I am trying, but I have very limited options. It's not fair for you to say I'm not trying when...
  17. falling asleep during nightshift

    well my mom is a cna and a bunch of other family members work as either a cna or in patient care. i wish i could get out before i snap, but these are the only types of jobs available where i
  18. A patient spit in my face

    hey not saying its alright but she probably dealt with it for so long she didn't think much of it. She should have warned you beforehand, but she could have not been thinking about it at the time. she...
  19. falling asleep during nightshift

    leisure it auto corrected i was on my phone typing
  20. Eating the patients' food?

    yeah very very stupid move with the cna, and from the sound of it not a good one. she could have taken it to the breakroom. maybe she has an eating disorder like the cna i was talking about
  21. Rethinking My Choice To Be A Nurse

    if you need someone to talk to, im all ears im probably more like you then anyone else on this site. my dad is bipolar and so was his dad i was never formally diagnosed, but since its genetic im going...
  22. Rethinking My Choice To Be A Nurse

    hey i get how you feel i live in georgia to. the school i went to for lpn was southern regional and i quickly got out. the teacher was a braindead that rambled on about soda while going through a...
  23. Please help. Career over before it starts.

    i have like basically two nurses that walk with a slight limp. i do not know what it is, but is that something common seen with
  24. Caring for end of life patients

    sadly everyone dies. especially the sick and elderly of a nursing home. I know how you feel there was this one resident of mine who got pneumonia and aspirated. I sat him up and everything. He was...
  25. Too ugly to be a nurse..?!?

    i use proactive i don't really have breakouts much its more of a preventive approach and to be honest you can look like a troll, but if your there to help in a ltc facility i could not care